Have to say though that defense looks not quite the same without Justin Smith. The D-line sunday night was abysmal.

Yes, not having Justin Smith the last game and a half has really been apparent. Right when he went out of the lineup New England went on their scoring spree, and Seattle torched the 49ers on the ground from the get-go on his side. The first touchdown you can see Ricky Jean-Francois get leveled on his ass by the left tackle and Lynch rumbles his way toward the endzone. I'm just glad we've clinched a playoff berth at this point and still have a chance to win the division against the Cardinals and still have a chance to even get the #2 seed assuming Minnesota takes care of business.

The 49ers looked exhausted from start to finish. That New England game was more like a basketball affair with Tom Brady and that offense. Then of course you go from east coast all the way back to west coast and play against Seattle in that stadium...just wasn't a good recipe. It will be interesting to see how they move forward especially with Justin Smith and Vernon Davis missing the next game most likely and Mario Manningham done for the year.

Last week, former Big Brown Bear Lions offensive lineman Lomas Brown was on ESPN Radio and admitted that he purposely allowed a defender to hit former Lions quarterback Scott Mitchell to get him knocked out (injured) of a game.

Mitchell told The Dan Patrick Show that Brown’s actions were “reprehensible and said he was hurt by such an act.”

“It just really hurt,” Mitchell said. “It was extremely disappointing. I’m really shocked by it, to be honest. Here’s a guy I’ve had in my house, I had a big dinner for the offensive linemen every year, he came to my house and ate dinner, I gave my offensive linemen gifts every year. For him to do that is just reprehensible, beyond words. It’s really disappointing, it really is painful. When you mess with my family, mess with my livelihood, mess with my health, it’s unacceptable. It’s B.S. I just wouldn’t do it to a teammate. I wouldn’t do it. If Lomas has a problem with me, come talk to me. To try to get someone hurt, it’s just mind-boggling.”

“People get seriously hurt in this game,” Mitchell said. “For someone to just lay down like that, it’s unacceptable.”